Lussuria was as relaxed as ever as he greeted Bel and Fran by the front door of the Varia mansion. It had been two weeks since the two had left for their mission, and he couldn't help but notice Fran was looking healthier; the boy's face had more colour in it and the sunken appearance it usually had was disappearing. His limbs were noticeably fatter, and his stomach wasn't bloated from lack of nutrition, despite how skinny he still was.
"You're looking very well today, Fran, dear." Lussuria smiled as he closed the front door behind the two younger males.
Fran just shrugged and walked past the Sun Guardian, heading to his bedroom. Bel just grinned at Lussuria before he spoke.
"Froggy has been eating," the blond explained. "And now he's almost ready to stop that shit altogether. He's being a good little frog."
"Oh, that's wonderful, dear." Lussuria was genuinely happy for Fran, knowing that the boy deserved better, but he was also a little disappointed that the younger still didn't trust anyone other than Bel. "You're doing a great job looking after him."
Bel's cheeks reddened ever so slightly before he leaned in, whispering, "Just between us... the prince is together with his frog now."
Lussuria squealed, shaking his rear - he always had looked forward to hearing about Bel's love-life. "Wonderful!"
"Yeah~" Bel pushed past the Sun Guardian as he chased after Fran, not wanting to let the younger out of his sight; he wanted to cuddle and caress the boy, and tell him how much he loved him. He didn't care if they hadn't had sex since all those weeks ago; all that mattered was that he finally had someone he could be himself with.
Pushing open the door to their bedroom, Bel found his boyfriend sitting on his bed, discarding his Varia jacket to drop amongst the mess that covered Bel's bedroom floor.
"What'chadoin', Froggy?" Bel walked over to the younger and sat next to him, wrapping his arms around him.
"Taking my jacket off, clearly." Fran was quiet as he spoke. Bel understood - if there was one thing the younger didn't do, it was show skin to others except for those he was sleeping with. The blond was the only one who saw the scarred body outside of sexual habits.
"Froggy is good." Bel nodded to himself as he reached out and ran his thumb along the boy's scarred wrist. "Froggy's cuts are healing." The boy just nodded, leaning down to take his boots off next. The blond, who was too incompetent to know how else to describe his feelings, said, "If Froggy ever... gets upset like that again, the prince doesn't mind being there for him."
"I know, senpai." Fran kicked his other boot off before laying down on the soft mattress, looking up at the roof. "Thank you."
"Froggy never has to live like that again," Bel promised. "The prince takes care of his things."
"One; if that was true, your room wouldn't look as if was a destruction sight in a tornado-stricken area," Fran started, "and two; I'm not a thing."
Bel just laughed, laying down next to his boyfriend. He wrapped his arms around Fran, pulling him close. "But the prince cares about his frog more than anything else. Now, it's nap time~"
Fran returned the embrace, curling in closer to Bel. He was happy, and as he closed his eyes he thought about their future together. What would it be like? Would it be happy? Sad? ...Painful...?
Shaking his head to clear that particular train of thought, Fran decided that, whenever the future got here, he would worry about it then.